Creative Engineering Design Assessment Background, Directions, Manua

The Creative Engineering Design Assessment or CEDA is a newly developed tool to assess creativity specific to engineering design which is vital for innovation. The revised CEDA assesses usefulness in addition to originality.  Both originality an

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Christine Charyton

Creative Engineering Design Assessment Background, Directions, Manual, Scoring Guide and Uses

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Christine Charyton

Creative Engineering Design Assessment Background, Directions, Manual, Scoring Guide and Uses

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Christine Charyton Ohio State University Columbus, OH USA

ISSN 2191-530X ISBN 978-1-4471-5378-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5379-5

ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4471-5379-5 (eBook)

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To all the engineers that make a difference in people’s lives. The word ‘‘engineer’’ comes from the Latin word ‘‘Ingeniatorum’’ meaning ‘‘ingenious,’’ with ‘‘gen’’ referring to creation, or ‘‘Genesis.’’ The essence of the words ‘‘creativity,’’ ‘‘create’’ and ‘‘engineer’’ stem from the act of creation. In this light, I would also like to dedicate this book to my parents, Alex Charyton and June Charyton, for